Loans and Legitimacy This is a book review of Katherine Siegel's Loans and Legitimacy, which focuses on commercial and trade relations between the United States and the Soviet Union during the 1920s and 1930s when there were no formal diplomatic relations between the two nations. The author argues that these commercial relationships helped pave the way for normalization of diplomatic relationships. Pages: 5 Bibliography: 2 source(s) listed Filename: 16537 soviet american relations.doc Price: 44.75